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Government,
Constitutional Law

Jun. 29, 2020

Are impeachment trials a legal process or purely political?

In December 2019, as preparations were underway for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham both told reporters that they would work in close collaboration with the White House and would not even pretend to be impartial jurors. McConnell justified this position by saying that impeachment is a political decision and there is not anything judicial about it. Was he correct?

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Are impeachment trials a legal process or purely political?
Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham both told reporters that they would work in close collaboration with the White House and would not even pretend to be impartial jurors. (New York Times News Service)

In December 2019, as preparations were underway for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham both told reporters that they would work in close collaboration with the White House and would not even pretend to be impartial jurors. McConnell justified this position by saying that impeachment is a political decision and there is not anything judicial about it. Was he correct?

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